Maloja District
Maloja District (Romansh: District da Malögia, Italian: Distretto di Maloggia) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 km2 (375.79 sq mi) and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the Maloja Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
Maloja District
Bezirk Maloja Distretto di Maloggia District da Malögia | |
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District | |
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Capital | Samedan |
Area | |
• Total | 973.61 km2 (375.91 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 18,698 |
• Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 16 |
It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.
It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:
Bregaglia sub-district | ||||
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Municipality | Population (31 December 2019)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
Bregaglia | 1,555 | 251.45 |
Oberengadin sub-district | ||||
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Municipality | Population (31 December 2019)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
Bever | 607 | 45.65 | ||
Celerina/Schlarigna | 1,502 | 24.03 | ||
La Punt Chamues-ch | 679 | 63.22 | ||
Madulain | 207 | 16.35 | ||
Pontresina | 2,147 | 118.24 | ||
St. Moritz | 4,882 | 28.69 | ||
Samedan | 2,913 | 113.97 | ||
S-chanf | 681 | 137.90 | ||
Sils im Engadin/Segl | 702 | 63.54 | ||
Silvaplana | 1,132 | 44.71 | ||
Zuoz | 1,177 | 65.62 |
Languages
All three of Graubünden's official languages: German, Romansh, and Italian, can be heard in the district. Except for the municipality of Bregaglia, the area was predominately Romansh-speaking. Today, Romansh is spoken the least out of the three official languages of Maloja.
Languages of Maloja District, GR[3] | ||||||||
Languages | Census 1970 | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
German | 6,567 | 41.3% | 7,269 | 44.7% | 8,643 | 52.6% | 10,474 | 55.7% |
Romansh | 3,340 | 21.0% | 3,489 | 21.5% | 2,722 | 16.6% | 2,312 | 12.3% |
Italian | 4,950 | 31.1% | 4,271 | 26.3% | 3,705 | 22.6% | 4,004 | 21.3% |
TOTAL | 15,910 | 100% | 16,252 | 100% | 16,420 | 100% | 18,813 | 100% |
References
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000 (in German) accessed 6 September 2016